ATLANTA: The mysterious and deadly flu-like illness from Asia that has stymied health officials around the world appears to be caused by a new variety of a common cold virus, US health officials said.
The head of the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday a number of tests had revealed traces of a form of microbe known as a coronavirus in the tissue of people infected with the unidentified disease.
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